Improvement in ditchers



V W. R. PEET DITCHER.

No. 189,647. Patented Apri117, 1877.

INVENTOB ATTORNEYS N PETERS, FNOTO'LITHUGRAFHER. WASHINGTONv b C.

the usual manner.

UNITED STATES WILBUR R. PEET,

PATENT Qrrroa OF VIOLA, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN DITCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 189,647, dated April 17, 1877; application filed January 29, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILBUR R. PEET, of Viola, Linn county, Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Di'tohers, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 of the drawing is a top view, and Fig. 2 a side view.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing, and then pointed out in the claim.

A represents two parallel bars, connected by the cross-bars B. G G are the side, and O the bottom, cutters, connected and arranged in With the bottom cutter O I oonjoin a rest or extension, I), supported on any suitable bar, D, so as to allow the farm wslice to begin to turn only at some distance from the knives, and thus prevent any strain that might arise from tearing the slice. I then arrange a turning-board, E, cut and fitting diagonally across the face of the rest .D, and rising on a gradual lateral slant to and above the bars A, so that when the furrowslice rises above the bars it will be thrown over and reversed from its natural position, and not merely turned on end. The turningboard E is provided with water-channels e, to allow the moisture to drip back into the furrow.

I thus form a very simple and cheap ditcher, which is relieved of all the parts that usually cause the implement to twist, swerve, or deviate from a straight line.

What I claim as new is In a diteher, the combination, with frame A B, share 0, side cutters G G, and rest D, having extension D, of the turning-board E, inclined laterally as well as longitudinally, extending above the frame A B, and provided with channels 6, as and for the purpose specitied.

WILBUR RILEY PEET.

Witnesses:

I. W. HODGIN, J. L. INGRAM. 

